mbstenze@athena.mit.edu (Matthew B Stenzel) (02/28/90)
I'm trying to write my thesis using LaTeX. When I LaTeX my thesis I have to wait about a minute for TeX to load all the macro files--ie the thesis style, document style, and custom commands. I was wondering if there was a way to get TeX to do this once and for all at the beginning of a session, so that when I make changes and go to LaTex it again I don't have to wait for all the macros to load again (that's a complete waste of time since I've probably made only minor changes to the actual document). I need to find a way for LaTeX to write the .dvi file without then quitting (and losing all the macros so tediously loaded into memory). Is this possible? Any ideas? -- Regards, matt.